Reference: Righteousness
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Rectitude, justice, holiness; an essential perfection of God's character, Job 36:3; Isa 51:5-8; Joh 17:25; and of his administration, Ge 18:25; Ro 3:21-22; 10:3. It is the wonder of grace that as the righteous guardian of the law, he can acquit the unrighteous. "The righteousness of Christ" includes his spotless holiness, his perfect obedience the law demands; and "the righteousness of faith" is that imputed to the sinner who believes in Christ. With reference to personal character, righteousness is used both for uprightness between man and man, and for true religion, Ge 18:23; Le 19:15; Isa 60:17; Ro 14:17; Eph 5:9.
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O just Father, though the world has not known thee, I have known thee, and they have known that thou hast sent me;
But now we have a righteousness of God disclosed apart from law altogether; it is attested by the Law and the prophets, but it is a righteousness of God which comes by believing in Jesus Christ. And it is meant for all who have faith. No distinctions are drawn.
They would not surrender to the righteousness of God, because they were ignorant of his righteousness and therefore essayed to set up a righteousness of their own.
The Reign of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, it means righteousness, peace, and joy in the holy Spirit;
(for the fruit of light consists in all that is good and right and true),
Easton
See Justification.
Hastings
RIGHTEOUSNESS
I. In OT.
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But Jesus answered him, "Come now, this is how we should fulfil all our duty to God." Then John gave in to him.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for goodness! they will be satisfied.
Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of goodness! the Realm of heaven is theirs.
For I tell you, unless your goodness excels that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the Realm of heaven.
Take care not to practise your charity before men in order to be noticed; otherwise you get no reward from your Father in heaven. No,
Take care not to practise your charity before men in order to be noticed; otherwise you get no reward from your Father in heaven. No,
Seek God's Realm and his goodness, and all that will be yours over and above.
For John showed you the way to be good and you would not believe him; the taxgatherers and harlots believed him, and even though you saw that, you would not change your mind afterwards and believe him.
And when he comes, he will convict the world, convincing men of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment:
of righteousness, because I go to the Father and you see me no more;
God's righteousness is revealed in it by faith and for faith ??as it is written, Now by faith shall the righteous live.
In your stubbornness and impenitence of heart you are simply storing up anger for yourself on the Day of anger, when the just doom of God is revealed.
Thus we see it was owing to unbelief that they could not enter.
Morish
A term frequently occurring in scripture expressing an attribute of God which maintains what is consistent with His own character, and necessarily judges what is opposed to it
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For what does scripture say? Abraham believed God and this was counted to him as righteousness.
but a man who instead of 'working' believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, has his faith counted as righteousness.
It is the same in your case, my brothers. The crucified body of Christ made you dead to the Law, so that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead that we might be fruitful to God.
They would not surrender to the righteousness of God, because they were ignorant of his righteousness and therefore essayed to set up a righteousness of their own.
This is the God to whom you owe your being in Christ Jesus, whom God has made our 'Wisdom,' that is, our righteousness and consecration and redemption;
I do not annul God's grace; but if righteousness comes by way of the Law, then indeed Christ's death was useless.
Everyone who commits sin commits lawlessness: sin is lawlessness, and you know he appeared to take [our] sins away. In him there is no sin; read more. anyone who remains in him does not sin ??anyone who sins has neither seen nor known him. Let no one deceive you, my dear children: he who practises righteousness is just, as He is just;
Yea, she is allowed to put on fine linen, dazzling white" (the white linen is the righteous conduct of the saints).
Watsons
RIGHTEOUSNESS, justice, holiness. The righteousness of God is the essential perfection of his nature; sometimes it is put for his justice. The righteousness of Christ denotes, not only his absolute perfection, but, is taken for his perfect obedience unto death, and his suffering the penalty of the law in our stead. The righteousness of the law is that obedience which the law requires. The righteousness of faith is the justification which is received by faith.